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Top 5 Chocolate Centerpieces for Thanksgiving
Oh my goodness. Check out some of these great chocolate decorations! These folks have a lot more talent than I do. Amazing work! What’s going to decorate your table? 1. It looks like a half football with fins on top. What’s not to love? 2. Chocolate Miniature Village or Chocolate Birdhouses or Chocolate Something Else. I am guessing that chocolate birds, like last year’s suggestion of

The Skinny on Movie Theater Candy
Have you noticed the sizes of treats at the movies? Let’s all keep in mind that package size should not dictate an appropriate level of consumption. Theater candies are best shared with your movie going compatriots. CSPI recently wrote about food and beverages available at the movies. Here’s what we have to say: Eat candy as an enjoyable part of life, in moderation. Read the nutrition facts on all food packages and make informed decisions about what and how much to consume to maintain a healthy diet. NC

Chewing Gum Flavor: Harder Stronger Sweeter Longer
Chewing gum is one of the oldest candies known to mankind. In fact, archeologists have discovered evidence of gum from prehistoric times. While gum chewing as a practice has endured the test of time, individual flavors of gum have extremely variable timelines. Some gum flavor lasts longer than others, or at least seems to. An important aspect of gum flavor perception is actually the sweetness factor. Our brain cannot always distinguish between the sign

Chocolate Place Settings for the Holidays
With Thanksgiving coming up any moment now and winter holidays close on its heels, it’s time to start planning now for your decorations, not to mention the menus. The menus are almost easy, for many people anchored in traditional food items. The decorations are the really tough part. Imagine having these place settings for your holiday dinner. You know you need them because Great Aunt Maude won’t sit next to Uncle Howard since the incident nobody speaks of but is only known as The Inc

Recipe: Lamb Chops with Cocoa Nib Sauce
Thanks to Savory Seattle for publishing this recipe. It feels like the right weather to have lamb. The gamey flavor makes it a perfect dish for days like this, when we are entering into the time of cold weather. Adding the deep, rich flavor of cocoa and the nutty crunchiness of cocoa nibs must be a heck of a great way to enjoy it. We have talked about